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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:58 am

hi all 1st post here.
can anyone tell me what uniform he wore at islandwana and if he would have carried a waterbottle and bag.
any help would be most welcome .
many thanks.

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:54 pm

Someone will probably give more accurate details, but in the book 'Zulu: Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift 22-23 January 1879'., by Ian Knight, there is a large colour plate, apparently based on Younghusband.

He is shown with a holster for his Adams revolver on a shoulder strap, what looks to be a case for binoculars, also on a shoulder strap, and what appears to be a water bottle, again on a shoulder strap.

Coll

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:38 pm

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:17 pm

Kelsard,

To be frank we don't know what uniform Captain Younghusband was wearing at Isandlwana.

We can speculate only. It is plausible that he was wearing a scarlet, unlined, India Pattern patrol jacket. If we believe the myth he was wearing canvas leggings/gaiters.

Would he have carried a waterbottle & haversack? I would say he would have.

John Y.

Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:14 am

Many thanks for the info given.
John's description more or less confirms something i read a while back and can not remember where, of a Zulu's account of the battle .
fighting against the far left of the British line [which would put him in the area of capt Younghusband] an officer fighting alongside a wagon in his red tunic and brown caiters so brave.
Coll the book mentioned has been ordered many thanks.